Refrigerator show case



' Apr-i120, 192s. 581,156

v L- A. BANTA REFRIGERATOR SHOW CASE o g Filed Nov. -1'7, 1923 Al bart Z i- Patented Apr. 20, 1926.

UNITED STATES 1,581,155 PATENT pOFFlCE.

LEN A. BANTA, or CLEARFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA.

REFRIGERATOR SHOW CASE.

Application filed November 17, 1923, Serial No. 675,407. Renewed October 8, 1925.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEN A. BANTA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clearfield, in the county of Glearfield and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Refrigerator Show Cases; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in refrigerator show cases, and more especially to such cases which are provided with refrigerating means for preserving articles of food positioned within the same,.said cases being further provided with means whereby a person in front of theshow case may readily see through the front portion and top thereof, said means comprising spaced plates of glass positioned at the front and top of said cases.

An object of the invention is to provide a refrigerator show case with a plurality of spaced ice receiving compartments fixedly attached to doors at the rear of said ease whereby when said doors are opened the supply of cracked ice and salt may be read ily replenished.

A further object of the invention is to provide a refrigerator show case with spaced plates of glass in the front and top thereof, and with suitable ice receiving compartments or tanks placed along the back of said case in such a manner as to efficiently cool the interior of the said case to preserve the goods therein.

Other objects will appear as the descrip tion proceeds.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of my application,

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my improved refrigerator show case;

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of my improved show case;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal longitudinal sectional view through a portion of my show case, and

Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical sectional view through the show case.

Like characters of reference are used throughout the following specification and 2, between which are positioned three spaced plates of glass 8, in such a manner as to provide an air insulation space between the adjacent panes of glass.

Spaced plates of glass t are also positioned at the top of the show casein like manner so that there will be air insulation spacesbetween the said plates to provide for a more perfect insulation to keep the contents of the case cold.

A plurality of small doors 5 are hinged at 6 at the rear of the easel, and in such a manner as to swing downwardly. Suitable operating handles 7 are attached adjacent the upper portion of the doors 5.

On the inside of eachof the; doors 5, I have positioned a substantially rectangular shaped ice tank Swhich is fixedly attached thereto by suitable fastening means 9. An opening 10 is formed in the bottonrof each of the ice tanks 8 so that the water from the ice may drip down into ashallow pan 11 positioned immediately below the said tanks. A drain pipe 12 is connected to the tank 11, and has its upper end spaced from the bottom thereof, so that there will always be a small amount of ice water in the pan, to assist in the cooling and preserving of the foods in the refrigerator. It will be noticed that the lower ends of the ice tanks 8 extend below the level of the water in the pan 11 and thereby additionally chill or cool the water in the said pan to more effioiently cool the refrigerator.

Suitable walls 13 of galvanized iron surround the tanks 8 in spaced relation therefrom, and serve to assist in the directing of the air from the forward part of the show case down and around the ice tanks 8 and up along the front of the show caseagain. A bottom tray 14 of galvanized iron is positioned approximately two inches above the ice water receptacle 11 and is provided with a plurality of openings 15 through which cold air is adapted to pass on its upward course through the refrigerator.

A second shelf 16 is positioned in spaced relation with the bottom shelf and is either providedwith a plurality of slats 17 or may be made of woven wire if desired, so that the cold air may pass through the same without being obstructed.

Larger doors 18 are positioned between the ice compartment doors 5 and are. hinged at 19, and are provided with suitable handles 20 whereby the same may be raised and interior ofthe show case.

lowered to place food into the showcase or to remove the same therefrom.

A suitable mass of insulating material 21 is adapted to be positioned along the whole length at the bottom of the show case.

Suitable supporting legs 22 are provided forholding the case slightly elevated above the level of the floor,

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that the circulation of air will be in a downward direction through and around the ice tanks 8 over the surface of ice water in the pan 11 toward the front of the case, and up through. the openings 15 in the bot tom shelf 14L, and finally through the openings between the slats 17 and up along the top wall of the case and down into the; ice tank again.

It will be readily seen and understoodthat due to thepositioning of the spaced plates of glass 3 and I, a prospective purchaser may readily see the contents or foods within the The spaced plates of glass not onlypermit of the viewing of the goods withinv the case, but also serve to positively and efficiently insulate the case on those sides so that the cold air will be kept within the case,

It will be understood that I do not intend to limit myself to the exact and specific con struction of the invention, as many minor changes in detail of construction may be resorted to without departure from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent. of the United Statesis:

A show case refrigerator having transparent panels each composed of a plurality of spaced plates of glass, means for gaining access to the interior of the case for introducing and removing articles to be refrigerated, a plurality of doors hinged to the case by their bottom edges, each door having an ice container secured to the inner face of the door with its bottombelow thelower'edge of the door, a partition spaced about each ice container when the latter is positioned within the case, said partitions having their upper edges spacedfrom the top of the case and their lower edges spaced from the'bottom of the case, a drip panextending over thebottom of the case, a perforated shelf for supporting the 7 articles to be refrigerated over the drip-pan and a'drain pipe for the pan. I p

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature.

LEN A. BANTA. 

